Nice Mod.

I like a lot about your bike. I'm fascinated with the basket. I like where your cable lock is.

And what is that attached to the seat stays near the Giant decal -- is it locking the rear wheel?

But I really can't take my eyes off those loose wires. Aren't they a problem? Is there enough play for the one that runs up from the fork to get sucked into the spokes on a windy day?

Here's my new commuter, to replace the one destroyed in my accident. i decided I needed a bike that would give me escape routes, such as over the curb, on the shoulder, or into the ditch if necessary, and this is what I found. A Talon 29er, Produced by the Giant corporation as a Weapon of Moss Destruction, this bike stares down traffic and says, "I did your mom...backdoor...because she asked nicely." The frame was forged by Chuck Norris from the hardest substance known to man, his johnson. Seismologists register a decrease in the rotation of the earth any time it's brakes are applied. Now sporting street shoes and shiny fenders, she is a commuting armageddon. If you encounter this bike on the road, your only defense is to show it pictures of frolicking kittens. That is its only weakness. You have been warned.

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Here's my new old mtb/winter bike with my usual rubermaid container and a new cat liter container/pannier , I made myself 2 studded tires that I can't wait to tryhttp://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=280881http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=280880

sweet score !

HOLY frick! at most maybe 15 pounds for me lol! Plus you add the 268 pounds i weigh and i think we break even! :thumb:

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my 2012 salsa fargo 3.so far ive swapped out the bar end shifters for tiagra sti's,which meant i had to change the front deraileur to a sora,and i changed the cranks out for a deore xt set.wheelset with a dynohub and light setup is in the works.:)

I like your platforms, what are they and where available? Big tall folks like me would love that large pedal

speedplay drillium.i got mine at endless cycles in castro valley but you can find them online for around 75 bucks or so.i got them for winter riding in my waterproof wolverines..nice fat platform works great in boots.

have you tried the MKS Lambda pedals?

I was about to say the same thing; I have massive clodhopper feet and I love the MKS Lambdas. They're super-long, but not crazy wide. I added some pedal spacers to move 'em out a half-inch, and they are *perfect*

First wash today. Wiped off 3,000 miles of road grime.
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Hey Psy, I have those same pedals on my commuter... they were a recommendation of a great LBS; Cyclepath in Hayward. Any chance Jeff Moore moved over to Castro Valley after the Hayward shop closed down?

With winter upon us it is time to break out the winter weapons for my rides to and from the bike co-op and to get me around in the snow and ice...

The Norco is my ice bike and dedicated winter bike...the studded tyres never come off.

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The extrabike is my pickup truck through all seasons but an excellent winter machine due it incredible stability and load carrying abilities... this will be it's 5th winter season.

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New for 2012... and it won't be this clean again until spring.

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The Pug is the best snow bike and will let me play in the river valley on the trails when other bikes would be wallowing.

That is a frame lock, or a o-lock. It locks the rear wheel to the bike and makes running into a shop quick. I also can quickly wrap the cable lock around something to make it even safer. When I get a new o-lock I plan on getting one with an integrated cable to make things even simpler.

The wires bother me, but are never a problem. The main one is for the now non-working bicycle computer. No idea whats wrong, so I plan on taking it off. Not that I really have to know my speed. The other is the shifter and I plan on tying that down before winter sets in. It's never a problem, but I just don't want to chance it.

I want one of these in the worst way. Love the freewheel up front.

Very nice - I like the reflective tape on the spokes - might do that with my commuter...The pedals are cool, too (never thought I'd say that about pedals, but there you go...)

Now - how bad are the winters in the East Bay that you need Waterproof Woverines? :D

I've REALLY got the itch for a fat bike.
Now you've gone and posted yet another of your impressive stable, and it is a fat bike at that. Sixty, you'll get me into alot of trouble with this! ;)

I think the Pug is the best fat tyre bike Surly offers if you are looking for a versatile bike, the wheels are swappable front to back and it can be run as a 29'r on 50mm rims instead of the 100mm rims and can run even fatter tyres... the Moonlander and Necromancer cannot do this and the Moonlander has some model specific parts.

The front wheel was the back wheel when I received the bike and the ACS freewheel up front is nothing compared to the White Industries freewheel I am now running off the back... I am putting in an order for a new rear wheel so I can run an 8 speed cassette and then the WI freewheel will become my backup and will still have the ability to swap things to run it as an SS.

The three by one drive works pretty well and with the tyres inflated to 21 psi the rollout is amazingly good... for serious off road I can run them down to 10 psi and they will run as high as 30 psi but cannot see me doing that.

Have added a front spray shield and a rat tail off the back to keep the spray off as it has been very wet and am on the fence going with full fenders as this would not work for off roading.

One thing that the Pug and fat tyre bikes do not excel at is riding on slick ice... the contact pressure is very low but with that being said they recover well because of their wide footprint.

My new ride
 

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This is my bike that I use for commutes around town. Changed out the seat for something a little bit bigger/softer. Very quiet ride with the gates belt.

Nice bike.
Careful with going too soft on the saddle. The idea is to allow your sit bones to bear the weight. Too much padding tends to allow the sit bones to sink deep enough to push the padding into the soft zones (perineum), which can cause circulation issues.

I just bought one of those bags to make into a pannier. Since I don't have an extended wheelbase like your extracycle, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to push it back far enough to use without heelstrike, but I'm hopeful because it looks like it's got some good qualities. Did you cut off the shoulderstraps? At one time I thought I'd figured out an attachment method that would allow me to leave them on there so I could shoulder the pannier when I got to my destination.

I think the deal I got on these bags, and why they were surplus, stems from them being rather poor backpacks due to the narrow shoulder straps and amount of weight they are designed to carry... I adapted the three point straps with the gear clips to serve as my top straps and this provides a quick release and removed the shoulder straps.

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I re-purposed the shoulder straps and generous strapping they came with and used the male clips to serve as removable deck tie downs that will clip into the smaller top loops I created for tubular items like my tent and sleeping bag as I am pretty sure there are some camping trips to come.

Am not sure I will keep the helmet webbing as it really is not that practical unless I want to carry soccer balls or whole frozen turkeys... :)

Will have to top load the bike to demonstrate how it works... it is pretty slick.

The only other thing I have to do is swap one of the small male ends at the bottom by the compression strap for a female clip so these can serve to secure the bags against the frame... right now they are just tied down with those straps.

You should be familiar with the set up of the bag and should see the free female end that the removable top straps will attach to... they are just tucked away in the side pocket

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my new commuter build, I haven't been able to spend a lot of time on it yet as I Just got it spinning sunday, but shes a fun ride so far!